#A436C9#A436C9

#A436C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.224 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A436C9
RGB	rgb(164, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.29, 65.20, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.29, 85.43, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.1612 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.224 316)
XYZ	xyz(27.1700, 14.7490, 56.6627)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A436C9 #5BC936

analogous

#5B36C9 #A436C9 #C936A4

triadic

#A436C9 #C9A436 #36C9A4

tetradic

#A436C9 #C95B36 #5BC936 #36A4C9

square

#A436C9 #C95B36 #5BC936 #36A4C9

split-complementary

#A436C9 #A4C936 #36C95B

monochromatic

#551C69 #7D2999 #A436C9 #BA66D6 #D096E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#A436C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#A436C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A436C9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A436C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A436C9	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a436c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.224 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378da',
    500: '#a436c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a436c9;
$custom-light: #c378da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a436c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.898,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55724,
    "c": 0.22396,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.14748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A436C9

secondary

#9DCE8C

accent

#E1476E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A436C9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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